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ARTICLE | Politics & Policy

Travel ban blocks team from receiving ASH accolades

December 11, 2019 12:24 AM UTC
Updated on Dec 11, 2019 at 10:31 PM UTC

A team of researchers from several German institutions were unable to receive an award at the American Society of Hematology meeting in Orlando this month because the presenting scientist was barred from entering the country.

Ehsan Bahrami, a postdoc at Helmholtz Zentrum München, told BioCentury that when he applied for a visa to travel to the meeting, he was told he was unable to enter the U.S. because he is Iranian. ...